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FIP SUPPORT RESOURCES

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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 November 2016 07:12

Published on Saturday, 11 July 2009 22:35

Following are only a few of the many internet sites which offer support when a beloved pet has died.This list is provided for your information and does not imply endorsement of these programs, resources, or services by the University of California or the Center for Companion Animal Health. We hope this information will be helpful to those who may be grieving. If you find a resource that has been particularly helpful to you, or was not helpful, please let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Yahoo.com hosts hundreds of member-created community groups focused on particular interests or causes. These are a some of the groups which discuss feline infectious peritonitis. You must have or set up a yahoo.com email address and join each group in order to participate.

SOCK FIP CORE TEAM MEMBERS

WHY IS SUPPORT NEEDED NOW?

Although there have been over 500 clinical and research publications on FIP since 1963, solutions to the disease have eluded researchers. However, that situation is now changing:the sequencing of the entire feline genome is almost complete and will provide researchers with a set of tools of unprecedented power to answer some of the important remaining questions about FIP.

HISTORY OF SOCK

In 1974, Save Our Cats and Kittens (SOCK) was organized as a nonprofit group.It was founded by cat lovers from the San Francisco Bay Area to aid in much-needed feline leukemia virus (FeLV) research at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.FeLV infection was the cause of death of up to one-third of all sick cats during the 1960s and 1970s.